Panaghis Vergottis - Greece

The SD-14 class general cargo vessel Panaghis Vergottis is seen in
this photograph as she was transiting upbound in the Welland Canal during the morning hours
August 29th, 1979. At the time it was taken she was sailing southbound in the canal north
of lock 1 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, destined for the Great Lakes.

Construction of this ship was ordered in June of 1972 at the Austin & Pickersgill Shipyard
in England. In May of 1973 she was launched and in July of that year she began trading as
Panaghis Vergottis. In the time since then she has sailed under the following names
and flags. (a) Panaghis Vergottis (6/91) - Greece, (b) Virginia (6/94) -
Malta and when this photograph was added to the archives she was still operational in the
far east as (c) Hong Xiang under the flag of Malta.